aquarium aquamarine aqueduct transport comport

aquatic aquanaut portable porter report

MANY WORDS HAVE

LATIN ROOTS.
Root:
Aqua means A tank for fish is called an aquarium.
water.
Something that is aquatic is related to water.
Aquamarine is a blue-green color like water.
An aqueduct is a pipe or channel that carries water.
Port means When something is easily moved from place to place, it is portable.
carry.
If you transport something, you take it from one place to another.
A porter is someone who carries baggage.
Comport means the way you behave.
A report is an account prepared in an organized form.
A. Read each vocabulary word. Find and circle two other words that
mean almost the same thing.
1. comport act behave compost
2. transport tramp carry tote
3. aquarium bowl arrangement tank
4. aqueduct pipe approve channel
5. report resort retelling account
6. aquatic wet watery action
7. aquanaut diver alligator explorer
B. Underline the root in each word.
1. aquamarine 2. portable 3. porter
NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________
Latin Roots aqua, port
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An aquanaut is an
underwater explorer.
240 Vocabulary Words 4th Grade Kids Need to Know Linda Ward Beech, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources